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She gasped, jerking back “Jesus, Austin”
I rolled ain My body tingled everywhere
“Oh, coet… wet,” I crudely baited Not giving a fuck anymore
She irabbed her ar to stop her
“OhCalm down”
“Let go of my arm,” she harshly demanded
I did
“You’re lying What are you on?” she repeated, sounding like a damn broken record
I sighed, wanting her to stop asking and blurted, “Ecstasy”
“Why? Why are you doing this?”
I s away “Why not, Alex? You only live once Might as well fucking ht?”
“Austin,” sheto reach for me
I pulled backThere was no way in Hell I was letting her ruin h the last few years, I fucking deserved it
“No! Don’t look atfun”
She eyed me, disappointed in my behavior
I put“Fuck it I’m out of here”
“Austin!” she shouted after
I walked around ai There was a park up the road I foundtoward I wanted to look at the stars Be in the et about all of the my arms behind my head, and peered up at the sky
Lost in the beauty of the world
The silence all around me
The quiet before the storm…
“What the fuck,up to me with Jacob beside him
That didn’t take long Nice of you to join est you turn the fuck around I’ to take any shit fro them to jerk back from the impact of my response
I was in no fucking oddamn stars
“Jesus Christ, Austin,” Jacob rebutted “What are you doing? This isn’t you”
I scoffed, standing up right in front of them “Who a idea anymore I have spent the last twenty-one years ofin line with all of you I’ done”
Today was the last straw…
Noback for me
Just clear skies ahead
“What the hell are you talking about? You’re nothis arh some shit with the car accident but—”
“You don’t know a godda Your head’s been so far up Aubrey’s and every other girl’s pussy, you can barely see straight”
Dylan immediately stepped toward me ready to thron, but Jacob placed his arm across his chest
“Relax,” he ordered in a rough tone, looking back at me “This the way you want to play it? We’re your friends not your enemies, asshole You need to remember that while you’re on this path of self-destruction that you so intently feel like continuing What’s next? Cocaine? Huh? What’s it going to take for you to get your fucking shit together, Austin? Rehab? Fucking overdosing? Do you have a fucking death wish, bro? Please tell us so we knohat to expect from your path of God-knohat”
I snidely s them They wanted to act like I was the fuck up They wanted to pretend like they were so fucking perfect, well then they had another thing co
Lucas with his God-given attitude of never hurting Alex, when all he did was that Knocking someone up killed her in ways I couldn’t have done in the car accident
Dylan fucking anything with tits and an ass, flaunting it in Aubrey’s face, not giving a shit about the hurt it caused her
And then Jacob… fucking Jacob
“That’s… fucking… rich… cohty Jacob” I shook my head with a devious stare directed only at him
I could see Dylan from the corner of my eye He see clueless, such godda like they were better thanbut
“You want to judge lass houses shouldn’t throw stones…” I mocked in a tone he didn’t appreciate
“Stop speaking in code and just fucking spit it out already,” Jacob demanded
“You want to talk about how I’ up? Well, shit, Jacob, why don’t you look in the goddamn mirror?”
He jerked back like I had punched hi to take him down
“I saw you I saw it all I was there that night”
“What night?”
“The Cove,” I simply stated
His eyes widened, all the color draining from his face
“What’s the ue?” I taunted
Dylan looked back and forth between us “What the fuck is he talking about?”
“Should I tell hi toward Dylan
I knew the night was replaying over in Jacob’s mind as I stood in front of him
“Oh, coht? Isn’t that what you just said to me What are secrets between friends?”
“You don’t knohat you’re talking about,” he finally gritted out, his jaw clenching
“I don’t? Well, then why don’t I refresh yourYou see… Dylan,” I ridiculed, still only looking at him
“Jacob here isn’t who he thinks he is Holding hioddaround for what he wants to do See, I was in town a feeeks ago, hanging out at The Cove don I saw someone that looked like Luca’s baby sister and to my surprise it was actually her”
Dylan shut his eyes like he knehat the next words out ofto be It was then I realized we all kept secrets from each other
“So, of course, Isoht the girl I saw as a little sister my whole life could move like that It made me sick to watch it What did it do to you, Jacob?”
His fists clenched at his sides
“Then out of nowhere I see this guy haul ass through the crowd I’ ready to thron if soer on her Except, I’m nearly knocked onaruy’s ass, I’ back for a job well done, but Lily shoves you and takes off like a bat out of Hell Jacob here not far behind her”
He tried to remain calm, but each word that came out of my mouth made him more aware of how fucked up the situation was
“So I followed you Both of you Would you like to tell Dylan what I saw? Or should I do the honors?”
He shut his eyes, the sha his body
“I watched you pretty oddaet you hard?”
“Enough,” Dylan interjected, taking the words right out of Jacob’s mouth I didn’t know if it was for his benefit or Jacob’s, but I assumed it was both
“Yeah try watching it Maybe Jacob can give you a private show like he gave me?”
“Austin,” Jacob warned on his last thread
I cocked et hard when you think no one is watching?”
He narrowed h
is eyes at me I didn’t falter
“It’s all good, Jacob, as long as there’s grass on the field, I say play ball”
He cold-cocked ht in the jaw My face swayed back from the i it Bracing myself for it
“You can say whatever the fuck you want about ain, and I will lay you the fuck out, Austin I don’t give a fuck who you are” He shook out his hand, the pain traveling up his arm
I leaned over, spitting out blood on the grass Glaring up at him “Truth hurts don’t it, motherfucker?”
He stepped towardin between us
“Get out of here, Austin,” Dylan ordered
I looked at him, surprised and dis Jacob’s fucking side I know I only saw Jacob kiss Lily against the SUV that night but fuck, if that would have been me instead, they would have crucified me
“The Good Ol’ Boys, huh? Yeah… you don’t have to tellthem
I wanted to remember them just like that So if I ever missed home, I would always remember that there was no home
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